[dropcap style= boxed]A[/dropcap]lthough UCC has an assorted history of student publications, the UCC Express traces its origins back only 17 years. That corresponds to the first ever issue of the University Examiner on the 9th of October 1997, a publication which was founded by Fionnán Sheahan. Sheahan had been the penultimate Editor of the Gazette,…
Steve Barry [dropcap style= boxed]F[/dropcap]rom the creators of Halo comes the brand new, shared-worlds, first-person shooter, Destiny. Announced early last year, Destiny is set in a post-apocalyptic future where humans colonised other planets, but are now on the brink of extinction, and it’s your job to stop that from happening. After a very successful beta…
Tom Roche offers a personal insight to the 2013 Surfing Intervarsities, the most successful incarnation of the competition to date. Charts ‘’Have you checked the forecast?’’ was the most repeated set of words in the lead up to the weekend. A week out and things were looking grim. The north-west devil wind was forecast to…
Cheater Cheater, Pumpkin Eater! As a prominent singleton on the college nightlife scene it has come to my awareness that the majority of people cheat. They cheat on their boyfriends/girlfriends with what seems like no remorse. Faithful seems to not have any meaning. My experience relates to only one gender, those which possess a penis,…
UCC Dramat has a wealth of upcoming events in store running both on and off campus, writes Micheál Phelan. UCC Dramat have had a busy and a very successful year’s worth of theatre and is about to open their eighth and final full length production of the year, entitled And Then There Were None…
Julie Daunt discusses the pastel pink phase “Wow, that’s an interesting hair colour!” This is a usual comment I hear regarding my pink hair. Yes, it’s not your average mousey brown (although that is what my natural hair colour is). And yes, it does attract attention, sometimes unwanted. In my job I got called…
Out of the newspaper and into your bedrooms, Fashion Editor Kieran Murphy talks to women about the state of Irish men’s underwear choices Ever since the UCC Express gave women a forum to voice their dissatisfaction in men’s wardrobe choices, the males of the UCC student body have listened and there’s been a 70% decrease…
Ruth Ní Leannacháin looks at the quality of tattoos in modern times Tattoos are more popular now than they have ever been. Far from being an act of rebellion reserved for rock stars and bikers, they have become widely accepted as the norm. They were huge on the catwalk a few years ago with established…
Julie Daunt takes a look at some of the most anticipated books to be published in 2013. 2013 is to be a promising year for new publications. From anticipated posthumous releases to epic series finales, there are plenty of books to keep you occupied until 2014. This year is all about vampires, magic, love,…
Ellen Desmond turns the spotlight on Ireland’s most renowned stained glass artist, Harry Clarke. It often happens that we’re lucky enough to have a masterpiece on our doorstep and not realise it or that we become so accustomed to its presence that we forget what it means and how much it’s really worth. Harry Clarke’s…